Faithfulness

Today’s Reflection

Faithfulness is consecration in overalls. It is the steady acceptance and performance of the common duty and immediate task without reference to personal preferences—becuase it is there to be done and so is a manifestation of the Will of God.

—Evelyn Underhill, edited by Keith Beasley-Topliffe, The Upper Room Spiritual Classics: Writings of Evelyn Underhill (Upper Room Books, 2017)

Today’s Question

Have you ever seen someone embody “consecration in overalls”? How did they live out their faithfulness to God?

Today’s Scripture

The steadfast love of the Lord never ceases,his mercies never come to an end;they are new every morning;great is your faithfulness.

—Lamentations 3:22–23 (NRSVUE)

Prayer for the Week

New every morning is your love, great God of light, and all day long you are working for good in the world. Stir up in us desire to serve you, to live peacefully with our neighbors and all your creation, and to devote each day to your Son, our Savior Jesus Christ. Amen.